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A GREEN-ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ JAR AND COVER A RARE PAIR OF POLYCHROME ENAMEL ‘PRUNUS’ BOWLS
Qianlong seal mark and of the period Shendetang four-character marks, Daoguang
The jar of ovoid form vividly painted in underglaze blue and enamelled Each bowl delicately enamelled to the exterior with leafy green sprigs
in green with a pair of writhing dragons each pursuing a flaming pearl issuing camellia blooms beside two gnarled branches issuing prunus
amidst scrolling clouds and flames, below a band depicting the Eight blossoms, the extended branches creeping into the interior of the bowls.
Buddhist Emblems and above a row of upright lappets, the base with Each 14.3cm (5 5/8in) diam. (2).
the six-character mark in underglaze blue. 19.5cm (7 6/8in) high (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
£15,000 - 20,000 CNY89,000 - 130,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000
清道光 彩釉過執桃紋盌 一對
清乾隆 綠彩雲龍趕珠紋蓋罐 礬紅「慎德堂製」楷書款
青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
Provenance: an English private collection and thence by descent
Provenance: a European private collection

來源： 歐洲私人收藏 來源： 英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a similar jar and cover in the National Palace Museum,
illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Book II, Hong
Kong, 1969, pl.13, and another example illustrated in Imperial
Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2011, pl.69. A green-
enamelled ‘dragon’ jar, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, was sold
at Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 183.

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